Unknown in Silver

257, Lot: 499. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AR 1/2 Siliqua(?) (15mm, 1.12 g, 10h). Constantinople mint (or contemporary imitation?). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC -; MIBE -; SB -. Fine. Possibly unique and quite interesting.

The types employed on this coin are found on Justin II’s tremisses (SB 353).